Getting L33t Into the Oxford English Dictionary

arcticstoat writes “A few net-speak acronyms such as LOL and OMG were entered to the Oxford English Dictionary last month, but could we ever see l33t-speak (complete with numbers) or ROFLcopters in the OED? In this interview with OED principal editor Graeme Diamond, he reveals the selection criteria for new words and discusses the potential for words such as ‘l33t’ to get into the dictionary. ‘L33t is obviously a respelling and a contraction [of elite],’ says Diamond, ‘so it would be a separate entry, and yes it is familiar to me, so I think it’s something we would consider for inclusion.’”